Production and reproduction performance of light breed of buffaloes

The performance of light breed of buffaloes (Surti and Mehsana) was evaluated in terms of production and reproduction parameters from the data collected from 2 farms, Dharwar, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore and Vallabhanagar, Sukhadia University, Udaipur. About 2534 lactations of 898...

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Published in:Indian journal of animal sciences 2004-05, Vol.74 (5)
Main Authors: Bharat, N.K, Thapan, P.C, Gahlot, G.C. (Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bikaner (India))
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
karnataka
production
rajasthan
reproductive performance
water buffaloes
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Summary:The performance of light breed of buffaloes (Surti and Mehsana) was evaluated in terms of production and reproduction parameters from the data collected from 2 farms, Dharwar, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore and Vallabhanagar, Sukhadia University, Udaipur. About 2534 lactations of 898 Surti, Mehsana and crossbred buffaloes from 1965 to 1984 were3 studied for significant effect breed, farm, period and season of calving and lactation order. The analysis revealed that Mehsana and Mehsanaxsurti buffaloes were significantly superior to Surti breed for full lactation yield, lactation yield, lactation length, while for milk yield/calving interval and peak yield Mehsana had higher yield than surti and Surti x Mehsana. Significant differences were also observed among farms, periods, seasons and parities for most of the traits. The least-squares means were 1201.00ñ32.43 and 1350.35ñ35.39 kg for full lactation yield,1350.35ñ35.39 and 1264.52ñ27.12 kg for lactation yield,294.44ñ6.66 and 309.57ñ7.22 days for lactation length, 4.09ñ0.06 and 4.37ñ0.07 kg for MY/LL, 2.50ñ0.08 and 2.71ñ0.08 kg for MY/CI, 7.16ñ0.11 and 7.71ñ0.12 kg for peak yield, 31.28ñ2.06 and 34.00ñ2.17 days for days to attain peak, 215.46ñ13.94 and 215.46ñ13.984 days for dry period, 517.12ñ20.44 and 521.12ñ21.20 days for calving interval for Surti and Mehsana buffaloes respectively.
ISSN:0367-8318